First-Ever Consecutive Asian Games Gold... Badminton Queen An Se-young Overcomes Knee Injury

An Se-young, the undisputed powerhouse of women's singles badminton, has written a new chapter of history by securing the Asian Games' first-ever back-to-back gold medals.

Today (September 29) at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, world number one women's singles player An Se-young thoroughly defeated world number three Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 2-0 in the final to claim the gold medal.

Entering the match with a 22-15 head-to-head record against Yamaguchi—including an eight-match winning streak—An secured another victory today following a comfortable lead.

With this win, An, the gold medalist of the 2022 Hangzhou Games, fully demonstrated her overwhelming momentum of 57 wins and 1 loss this season, achieving the historic feat of becoming the first player ever to win consecutive women's singles titles at the Asian Games.

Reported by Kim Minjeong | Video by Ryu Ji-su | Graphics by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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